Brigade infantry
was provided by the
1st Battalion, 7th Duke of
Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
together with
two Guards battalions - 1st
Welsh and 2nd
Scots
transferred to 5th Infantry to replace 2 and
3 Para.
Before sailing,
they trained for two weeks near Sennybridge in Wales in terrain similar
to the Falklands.
Support came from
a variety of arms and units, some of which were
already represented in 3 Cdo Bde:
Artillery - HQ
and 97 Bty, 4 Field Regt RA with 6x105mm guns
Air defence -
one troop of 43 Air Defence Bty, 32
Guided Weapons Regt RA with Blowpipe SAM's
Combat
engineers - 36 Engineer Regt RE and 9
Parachute Sqdn RE
Helicopters - 656
AAC Sqdn
with 3 Scout AH.1's and 6 Gazelle AH.1's (one
Gazelle was lost)
HQ and
Communications - Brigade HQ and Signal
Sqdn with
Rear Link Detachments Royal
Signals
Other units
included, complete or in part -
-
407 Road Transport Troop
RCT
with Snowcats
-
16 Field Ambulance RAMC
- 81 and 91
Ordnance Coy and 421 Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Coy RAOC
- 10 Field
Workshop REME
-
160 Provost
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